ArmInfo. Early elections to the Council of Elders of Yerevan started on September 23 in the capital of Armenia. The need for early elections arose after the former mayor of the city, Taron Margaryan, resigned. After the Council of Elders could not elect a new mayor, the government of the Republic of Armenia terminated the powers of the members of the Council.
For the conduct of elections from 08.00 all 475 polling stations were opened. Voting will last until 20.00. There are four blocs and eight parties in the elections. According to the results of the vote, the first number of the list of political force, which received more than 50% of the vote, automatically becomes the mayor of the capital of Armenia. If none of the political forces has won more than 50% of the votes, all factions included in the Council of Elders have the right to nominate their candidate, who must be elected by a majority vote of the members of the Council, consisting of 65 members. The party's candidate is Heritage Party leader Raffi Hovhannisyan. The "Luys" bloc with the Justice Minister Artak Zeynalyan, the "My step" with the actor Hayk Marutyan, the ARF Dashnaktsutyun party "presented the candidate Mikael Manukyan, the" Reformists "party with the director Artak Avetisyan. on the post of mayor of the architect Anahit Tarkhanyan.Gevork Sandalyan became the "leader" of the Democratic-Liberal Union of Armenia, headed by Zaruhi Postanjyan, headed by Manuel Gasparyan, the party "Ori" atserkir "- Mher Shahgeldyan," Yerevan residents "- the deputy of Ararat Zohrabyan, as a party of" Prosperous Armenia "- MP Naira Zohrabyan